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The Positive Effect of LuoHanGuo as Sugar Substitute on Blood Glucose and Metabolism in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

  • Lee, Yoon Jeong;Jeong, Jain;Kim, Myoung Ok;Nam, Ju-Ock
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.140-149
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    • 2016
  • This study intended to compare the effects of the sugar-Omija extract tea (SO) and LuoHanGuo-Omija extract tea (LO) to blood glucose levels and metabolism among streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice and to prove the positive effects of LuoHanGuo extract as a sugar substitute. According to the results, the rate of blood glucose increase and the blood glucose level was reduced, and the weight was increased. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), triglyceride, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol was decreased, and albumin, total protein, and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was increased in the STZ/LO group as compared to the STZ group. Compared to the STZ/SO group, the rate of blood glucose increase and glucose tolerance was decreased. AST, ALT, and total cholesterol was decreased, and HDL-C level was high. In conclusion, the LO displayed hypoglycemic effect, prevented weight loss caused by diabetes, recovered liver function, and improved lipid metabolism. In addition, such positive effects were obviously shown during comparison with the experimental group treated with the SO. Therefore, the LO were considered as favorable food supplements that can be safely taken by persons with diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and heart disease; they have to control their sugar intake as well as their diet.

Irreversible Magnetization of MgB2 Superconductor

  • Kim, Mun-Seog;Kim, Kyu-Tae;Kim, Wan-Seop;Park, Po-Gyu;Lee, Kyu-Won;Lee, Sung-Ik
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.157-162
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    • 2005
  • We report the magnetic-field dependence of the irreversible magnetization of binary superconductor $MgB_2$. For the temperature region of $T\;<\;0.9T_c$, the contribution of the bulk pinning to the magnetization overwhelms that of the surface pinning. This was evident from the fact that the magnetization curves, M(H), were well described by the critical-state model without considering the reversible magnetization and the surface pinning effect. It was also found that the M(H) curves at various temperatures scaled when the field and the magnetization were normalized by the characteristic caling factors H$\ast$(T) and M$\ast$(T), respectively. This feature suggests that the pinning mechanism determining the hysteresis in M(H) is unique below $T\;=\;T_c$.

Generating Code for Distributed Environment (분산 환경을 위한 코드 생성)

  • 박찬모;정성옥;이준
    • Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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    • 2002.05c
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    • pp.58-63
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    • 2002
  • 본 논문에서는 분산 환경을 위해 OMG에서 발표한 CORBA의 표준에 따라 하는 컴파일러의 전반부를 위해 OMG IDL 컴파일러를 사용하였다. CORBA에서 클라이언트와 서버간의 상호 동작을 위해 인터페이스를 정의한다. CORBA에서 인터페이스는 IDL(Interface Definition Language)를 통해 정의를 할 수 있다. IDL은 CORBA의 인터페이스를 기술하기 위한 추상 표기법이므로 개발에 사용되는 언어와는 연관성이 없다. 이를 개발에 사용하기 위해서 해당 언어로 맵핑을 하여야 한다. 본 논문은 IDL로 정의된 인터페이스를 C++로 맵핑하도록 하여 분산 객체 환경을 지원하도록 하기 위한 것이다. IDL 컴파일러는 IDL 정의를 입력 받아 어휘 및 구문 분석을 한 후 AST 트리를 생성하며, 생성된 각 노드를 통해 맵핑된 C++ 코드를 생성토록 한다.

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Physiological Response and Hematological Characteristics of Goldfish (Carassius auratus) to Water Temperature Shock (수온충격에 따른 금붕어(Carassius auratus)의 혈액 성상 및 생리적 반응)

  • Hur, Jun Wook;Habibi, Hamid R.
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.93-100
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    • 2007
  • The effects of sudden changes of water temperature (WT) on the physiological response and hematological characteristics of the goldfish (Carassius auratus) were examined by manipulating WT in a flow through freshwater culture system with tanks. The WT was dropped from $15^{\circ}C$ to $10^{\circ}C$ within 1 hour and then returned to the original water temperature within 12 hours and maintained for 12 hours at the normal WT. The WT stress give continued for 3 days. Plasma levels of cortisol, glucose and lactic acid were higher in stress group than that of non-stressed group until 72 hours. However, The $Na^+,\;Cl^-$, osmolality and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels showed no significant differences in two groups. This results in stress group showed that goldfish exhibit "typical" physiological responses (in cortisol, glucose, lactic acid, hematocrit, red blood cell and hemoglobin) to the stress induced by WT changes.

Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal from Bent-Core Molecule with Vinyl End Group

  • Lee, Chong-Kwang;Kwon, Soon-Sik;Kim, Tae-Sung;Shin, Sung-Tae;Choi, Hong;Choi, E. Joon;Kim, Sea-Yun;Zin, Wang-Choel;Kim, Dae-Choel;Chien, Liang-Chy
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.8
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    • pp.1171-1176
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    • 2004
  • Three banana-shaped achiral compounds, 4-chloro-1,3-phenylene bis [4-{4-(undecenyloxy)phenyl imino-methyl} benzoate] derivatives, were synthesized with variation of a substituent (x=H, F, Cl); their antiferro-electric properties are described. The smectic mesophases, including a switchable chiral smectic C(Sm $C^{\ast}$) phase, were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, triangular wave method, and X-ray diffractometry. The presence of vinyl groups at the terminals of linear side wings in the banana-shaped achiral molecules induced a decrease in melting temperature and formation of the switchable Sm $C^{\ast}$ phase in the melt. The smectic phase having a lateral fluorine-substituent at 3-position of the Schiff's base moiety showed antiferroelctric switching, and the value of spontaneous polarization on reversal of an applied electric field was 250 nC/$cm^2$ .

A Study on the Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Carboxylates by Micellar Surfactants Catalysts Involving Histidyl Residue (히스티딜기등을 포함하는 미셀성 계면활성제를 촉매로 사용한 파라니트로페닐 에스테르의 가수분해반응에 관한 연구)

  • Won Fae Koo;Choon Pyo Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 1989
  • In order to obtain a clue in understanding enzymatic hydrolysis in which the His-Cys moieties of papain protease is involved, we prepared cationic peptide-sufactants bearing histidyl, cysteinyl, and both histydyl and cysteinyl residues. Their catalytic efficiency toward the hydrolysis of PNPL were investigated in comicellar phases formed with $N^{+}C_{2}CysC_{12}$, $N^{+}C_{2}HisC_{12}$, $N^{+}C_{2}HisCysC_{12}$ increased markedly in the same order compared with that of $N^{+}C_{2}AlaC_{12}$. The markedly increased catalytic effects are attributed to the imidazole groups of $N^{+}C_{2}HisC_{12}$ and the thiol groups of $N^{+}C_{2}CysC_{12}$, and the large catalytic efficiency of $N^{+}C_{2}HisCysC_{12}$, is considered due to the interaction of the imidazole and the thiol groups. In order to investigate catalytic activities, rate constants for the functional groups, km* and dissociation constants, pKa have been determined. The results showed that $k^{\ast}_m$ and pKa of the imidazole groups were $7.91{\times}10^{-4}S^{-1}$ and 6.49, and those of the thiol groups were $6.00{\times}10^{-4}S^{-1}$ and 10.50. The catalytic effects of comicellar systems on the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters has increased according to the increasing size of the alkyl carbon number. Therefore, the catalytic effects have been increasing by the interaction of micellar hydrophobic parts and substrates as well as action of the functional groups.

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Preparation and characterization of fullerene dimer [C120] by trichloroperbenzoic acid oxidation method

  • Oh, Won-Chun;Jung, Ah-Reum;Ko, Weon-Bae
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.124-130
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we present the preparation and characterization of oxidized fullerene and fullerene dimer [$C_{120}$]. From the XRD data, other weak peaks with pristine fullerene [$C_{60}$] peaks were observed in the X-ray diffraction patterns for fullerene dimer [$C_{120}$]. SEM micrographs for the fullerene dimer [$C_{120}$] indicated that practically all the surface state was shown the drastic morphology changes and its outer surface is clearly visible and resulted in clogging and frost-like formation. From the MALDI-TOF mass spectra, the differences in the spectra recorded on two kinds of fullerene are due to the oxidation including chemical bonding and bridging between the $C_{60}$ molecules. We also obtained additional information from FT-IR spectra on functional component on the chemically modified surface of oxidized fullerene and fullerene dimer [$C_{120}$].

Quality Characteristics of Gochujang Sauce with Concentrated Salicornia herbacea L. Extracts (함초 추출물을 첨가한 고추장 소스의 품질 특성)

  • Kim, Young-Seon;Park, Geum-Soon
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.939-946
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study was to enhance the quality of gochujang sauces containing Salicornia herbacea L. extracts at concentrations of 0%(C), 1%(RS-1), 2%(RS-2), and 3%(RS-3). Free sugars detected in gochujang sauce were sucrose, glucose, maltose, and fructose. pH level was not significantly different among the samples. As the contents of S. herbacea L. extracts increased, the salinity decreased. The colors of the gochujang sauce as indicated by -L, $a^{\ast\ast\ast}$, and $b^{\ast}$ values decreased as contents of gochujang sauce S. herbacea L. extracts increased. Most of the mineral contents of gochujang sauce containing S. herbacea L. extracts were higher than that of control. Overall acceptabilities of the S. herbacea L. extracts-added groups were in the order of 2%, 3%, 0%, and 1%. The 2% (RS-2) S. herbacea L. extract-added group was highly rated in general charateristics, making it the most desirable for making S. herbacea L. extract-added gochujang sauce.

Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Gym-ball Exercise on the Liver Function Test Index, Adipokines, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (유산소 운동과 짐볼 운동이 비알코올성 지방간 비만아의 간 기능평가 지수와 Adipokine 및 심혈관 질환 위험인자에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Sung-Soo
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.22 no.9
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    • pp.1261-1267
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    • 2012
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate effects of a 12-week aerobic exercise training program and a gym-ball exercise training program on body composition, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), adipokines, and cardiovascular risk factors in obese children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The subjects were separated into two groups, an aerobic exercise group (n=10), which practiced moderate aerobic exercise training for 12 weeks, and a gym-ball exercise group (n=13), which practiced resistance exercise training for 12 weeks. The results of the analyses are as follows: Weight, body mass index, and body fat were significantly lower (p<0.01, respectively), whereas the $VO_2$ max was higher in both groups (p<0.01). Fasting glucose, insulin and HOMA-IR levels were significantly decreased in the gym-ball exercise group (p<0.05), whereas adiponectin, AST, and ALT levels were significantly increased (p<0.05, p<0.001, p<0.001, respectively) in both groups after the 12-week exercise training program. In addition, our results showed that HOMA-IR, insulin, and concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) were significantly lower in both groups. They demonstrate that a 12-week program of regular aerobic exercise or gym-ball exercise yields beneficial effects such as an amelioration of cardiovascular risk factors, body indices, and liver function in obese children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

The Effect of the Injinhotang Extract on the Hepatocarcinogenesis Induced by N-Nitrosodiethylamine and Carbon Tetrachloride in Rats (N-Nitrosodiethylamine과 사염화탄소로 유발된 흰쥐의 간암발생에 대한 인진호탕 추출액의 효과)

  • Yoon, Jung-Sik;Kim, Jeong-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.436-441
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    • 2009
  • In order to examine the effect of Injinhotang extract on the hepatocarcinogenesis induced by N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) and carbon tetrachloride ($CCl_4$) in 8 week-old rats. Experimental rats were subdivided into three groups; normal group (Nor), hepatic cancer inducing control group (Con), and control group administered Injinhotang extract 260 mg/kg/day (IJH). The body weight decreased significantly (p<0.05) in the Con compared with the Nor. The body weight of IJH group more increased than Con. Rats intoxicated with NDEA had significantly (p<0.05) increased levels of serum AST, ALT, LDH, ALP, and AFP. On the contrary, group treated with Injinhotang extract had inhibited levels of serum AST, ALT, LDH, ALP, and AFP. The bcl-2 mRNA expression levels in rat liver were more increased in the IJH than Con, but these levels of c-myc mRNA were more decreased in the IJH than Con. Also, cytoplasmic vacuolizations in the liver of NDEA-administrated rats were inhibited by the treatment of Injinhotang extract. These results suggest that administration of Injinhotang extract suppresses or retards NDEA and $CCl_4$-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rats.